Powder box



H. T. AND P. H. WHITE.

POWDER BOX. APPLICATION FILEDAUG-loy 1921.

Patented Nov. 28,1922.

UNTED STATES Param orties.

HARVEY T. WHITE ANDPERCY H. WHITE, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

POWDER BOX.

Application led August 10, v1921.

United States, residing at New York city,A

borough of Brooklyn, in the .county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in f Powder Boxes, the following being a full,

clear, and exact disclosure of the one form 0f our invention which we at present deem preferable.

- For a detailed description of the present form of our invention, reference may be had to the following specification and to the accompanying drawing forming a part thereof.

Our invention relates to a toilet powder box, our purpose being to eliminate the ordinary puff by which the powder is ordinarily applied, and to make the box itself serve, not. only as a container for the powder, but also as the means of applying the powder to the person of the user. By this means a cleaner and more sanitary arrangement is provided, since the purchaser of a box of powder secures, without additional expense, a fresh and clean applying device. YVe attain' our object .by an expedient which adds little or nothing to the cost of the container alone, which would be needed in any event, and which, by our invention, serves a double purpose.

Referring to the drawing A represents the container portion of the box. B is the external cover therefor. Vhen the container is filled with powder it is covered with a pad C, which is composed of a foraminated material having a soft outer surface by which the powder may be agreeably applied` to and distributed` on the face of the user, while it is at thesametime suiiiciently porous to allow the powder to work` through from the back to the outer surface in a limited but adequate amount. We have found suitable for this purpose a fabric having a loosely woven back and a woolly outer surface suitable to serve the purpose of the usual powder puff. This pad C is drawn down over the sides of the container A and 'a loose ring D is then pushed down over it to secure it in place. The upper edge of ring D comes below the level of the face of pad C vwhereby the Serial N0. 491,231.

edge of the pad is left soft. Outside of the ring D is placed the outside box cover B, which may extend down to the wide ange on the bottom of container A, or may only extend down to meet the upper edge of ring D which` would, in that case, be somewhat narrower than appears in the drawing.

It is manifest that this arrangement is simple and inexpensive, whichis necessary when, what is, in effect, a powder puff is to be furnished with each box of powder. (tlherwise the device would not be marketa e. powder when the cover is ofi'. This provides for economy since the powder only escapes as it is used and can not be spilled out as the cover islifted oii' which is an extravagant and uncleanly feature of the ordinary powder box.

What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A powder box comprising a powder container open at one end, a foraminatedy pad forming a closure for said open end, and aremovable cover conforming to the contour of said container and shaped to encloe the normally exposed portion of said pa 4 2. A powder box comprising a powder container open at one end, a foraminated pad forming a closure for said open end, a securing ring encircling said container and engaging the edge of said pad, and a removable cover conforming to the contour of said container and shaped to enclose said ring and the normally exposed portion -of said pad. n

3. A powder box'comprising a container, a foraminated retainer on said container having an outside distributing surface and an inside supply surface, means below the edge of the container for securing the said retainer in place, and an external cover.

4. A powder box comprising a container, a foraminous cover thereon for retaining the Vpowder having an outside distributing surface and an inside supply surface, a ring for securing said cover in place having its upper edge below the edge of the container, and an external cover inclosing the said container and the foraminous cover thereon.

Signed at New York city, county, and State of New York, this 9th day of August,

HARVEY T. WHITE. PERCY H. WHITE.

Also the pad C serves to retain the 

